Service apparatus



Feb. 24. 1925. 1,527,774

J. B. BETTEN COURT SERVICE APPARATUS Filed Feb. 27, 1924 IN VEN TOIx.

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UN I TE D STATE F F JOSEPH B. Bnrirnnconnr, or: raonnsqr-o, CALIEORNIAn snsvron ArrAaa'rUs.

Application filed February 27, 1924. Serial No. 695,474.

panying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application,

This invention relates, to improvements in service apparatus, and particularly to an apparatus for use in garages and automobile service .stations generally. The object of the invention is to produce an apparatus whereby service hose for giving air and water service may be readily accessible and at the same time be automatically and instantly removed from the sphere of operation 1 when not in use..

It is the common practice now in most garages and service stations to have the air and water hose coiled up and placed over supporting hooks and when it is desired to use them they must be unhooked and unrolled and dragged around the ground to the different points on the vehicle where service is to be given. This occasions a great loss of time and also causes excessive wear on the hose in connected parts.

By my improved apparatus the hose is normally held suspended in the air and out of the way, but when called into use can be readily moved into any position about the car desired without interfering with the car or being dragged in frictional contact with the ground or any of the surrounding structure. The advantages of this will be obvious to those skilled in the art.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of my improved apparatus showing it in normal inoperative position.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof showing one of the service arms in the position it will assume when service is being rendered. v

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of the upper end of the supporting post for the ap paratus, partly in section. I

ig. 4 is a top end view of the supporting' post.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of referenceon the drawings, the numeral -1 designates the supporting post provided with a base 2 of suitable size anchored to a concretepier or other support 3.

Surroundingthe post 1 is a protective fence 4- of any desired size to prevent anyone being injured by the movement of the service arms.

Turnably mounted onthe upper end of the post 1 is a collar 5 havinga pair of projectingspindles..6 and 7. The turning movement of the collar 5 on the post 1 is limitedby a stop finger 8 movingbetween stop lugs 9 on the post 1. This limitof movement is provided so that the service hose may not become. twisted,, distorted or broken." Turnably mounted on the spindle 6 is a service arm. 10 of suitable lengthlto project well across the top of any vehicle to be serviced. The air service hose 11 ,connects with a pipe 12 which projects through the post 1 and is then carried up along the service arm 10 to the upper end thereof from whence it depends downwardly for substantially the full length of said arm, as at 13, and is provided on its lower end with the service valve 14 of any suitable or desired type.

Instead of having the hose 11 projected along the arm I could arrange it interiorly of the arm or the arm itself could be made in the form of a pipe with the depending portion 13 of the hose connected with the outer end thereof. These various structures are entirely arbitrary, as will be ob vious, and do not affect the principle of the invention.

On the lower end of the arm 10 is an ad justable counterweight 15 which may be set so as to easily and readily return the arm 10 to vertical position after it has been moved to a horizontal position and to hold it there. On the spindle 7 is another service arm 16 similar to the arm 10 but of a lesser length but operable in the same manner and provided with an adjustable counterweight 17 on its lower end. The water hose 18 connects with a pipe 19 projecting through the post 1 and then follows the arm 16 and has a depending portion 20 on the lower end of which is the usual service valve 21.

Turnable on the post ,1 at a spaced distance below the collar 5 is another collar 22 pivoted on which are two slotted guides 23' and 24 respectively. On the arms 10 and 16 are pins 25 and 26 respectively projecting through the slotted guides 23 and 24 to guide and limit the movement of the arms 10 and 16 when they are pulled to horizontal position. Stop members 27 and 28 limit the movement of the arms when they reach vertical position.

The operation of the service arms will be apparent. The operator grasps the depending hose 13 or2O and swings the corresponding arm towards horizontal position as far as is necessary to reach the hose to any desired point. The counterweights constantly hold a tension against the hose so that they Will at no time drag over the ground or against any part of the vehicle or surrounding structure, and as soonas released they are immediately carried into the air and out of the way.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as'substantiallyfulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein. V

WVhile this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims. 7

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A service machine including a support, a collar turnableon the support in a horizontal plane, an arm mounted on the collar for turnable movement through a vertical plane, a second collar on the support also turnable in a horizontal plane, a slotted guide pivoted to the second collar, a pin on the lower end of the arm movable through the slot of the guide whereby the movement of the arm in one direction is guided and limited, and a service element on the end of the arm.

2. A service machine including a support, a collar turnable on the support in a horizontal plane, an arm mounted on the collar for turnable movement through a vertical plane, a second collar on the support also turnable in a horizontal plane, a slotted guide pivoted to the second collar, a pin on the lower end of the arm movable through the slot' of the guide whereby the movement of the arm in one direction is guided and limited, a stop pin on the support in spaced relation from the second collar and engageable by the guide to limit the movement of the arm in the other direction, and a service element on the arm.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOSEPH B. BETTENCOURT. 

